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Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity speech is shallow as Time.

Thomas Carlyle

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Thomas Carlyle
Age: 85 †
Born: 1795
Born: December 4
Died: 1881
Died: February 5
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Philosopher of Chelsea
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